Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Sea kittens

PETA has a new campaign to stop people from eating fish. It's calling fish "sea kittens."

Some interesting and strong reactions have popped up, including this dive shop owner dive shop owner who eviscerates the whole thing, and this photo that someone called a sea kitten grown up to be a big catfish as a way to put the big ugly to the idea of little kittens of the sea.

I'm with the critics on this one, calling fish sea kittens is dumb, and I don't think it's going to do anything to reduce consumption of fish. In fact, it's more fun to punch up the sea kittens campaign with articles like deep fried kittens.

Of course leave it to PETA to create a ridiculous campaign that does more harm than good. While I'm usually a fan of their "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" publicity photos, this one is just plain stupid. Besides, nobody really takes them seriously except themselves... Certainly not the animals they're trying to protect.

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I grew up with fishing and the ocean, became a scientist, and now I'm a conservationist. I work for Washington Environmental Council, but the opinions here are my own. Email me at blogfishx (at) gmail (dot) com or about Swim Around Bainbridge at swimbi (at) gmail (dot) com.